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UTStarcom Continues IPTV Momentum in India With Aksh Optifibre Contract
Jul 14, 2008 – UTStarcom (Nasdaq: UTSI) has announced that it has signed a new contract with Aksh Optifibre (BOM: 532351) that expands the operator's deployment of the industry-leading RollingStream® Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) solution.
News categories: UTStarcom, Aksh Optifibre, Content Distribution, Digital TV, India, IPTV, Set Top Box

Edgeware and Dreampark Announce Joint Integration to Enable Advanced nPVR and Time Shift TV
Jul 8, 2008 – Dreampark and Edgeware have announced the completion of a joint integration project. The combined offering enables a wide range of interactive features including nPVR, Time Shift TV, Start Over TV, Historic EPG and Scheduled Recordings.
News categories: Dreampark, Edgeware, Content Distribution, IBCShow, IPTV, Middleware

Neptuny presents ContentWise 2.0 at IBC
Jul 2, 2008 – Neptuny will be launching ContentWise 2.0, the second release of the revolutionary Content Recommendation Engine for IPTV, Interactive-Cable TV and WebTV at the next IBC 2008 conference to be held in Amsterdam from 12-16 September 2008.
News categories: Neptuny, Content Distribution, IBCShow, IPTV

Rubberduck Launches Mobile TV Services for Sonofon in Denmark
Jul 1, 2008 – Rubberduck Media Lab (Stockholm: ASP) has launched a comprehensive mobile TV service in Denmark for Sonofon A/S. Rubberduck will deliver and manage Sonofon's new mobile TV portal, providing live news and entertainment content using the 3G network.
News categories: Rubberduck, Sonofon, 5G, Content Distribution, Denmark, Mobile

OKI Develops Audience Rating Information System for IPTV
Jun 30, 2008 – Oki Electric (TSE: 6703) has announced it has developed an IPTV 'Audience Rating Information System' which will be offered to the Japanese market. The system collects viewership data to enable broadcasting companies to improve their services.
News categories: Oki Electric, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Japan, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart TV

Espial Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Kasenna
Jun 30, 2008 – Espial® Group (TSX: ESP) has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement pursuant to which Espial will acquire all of the outstanding shares of Kasenna in exchange for an aggregate of 4,722,224 Espial common shares.
News categories: Espial, Kasenna, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, MandA, Middleware

Teleste receives an order from Digicable, India for their Pan India IP-based digital television platform
Jun 26, 2008 – Teleste (Helsinki: TLT1V) has been selected by Digicable Network (India) Pvt Ltd to deliver their new compact IP-based digital television platform. The value of the initial order is 12 million euros.
News categories: Digicable, Teleste, Cable TV, Content Distribution, India, IPTV

ActiveVideo Networks Unveils First Platform To Bring Web 2.0 Content and Interactivity to Television Through Any Internet-Connected Device
Jun 25, 2008 – ActiveVideo Networks™ has announced expanded capabilities designed to simplify and accelerate the availability of Web-based programming and advertising on the television.
News categories: ActiveVideo Networks, Cable TV, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Set Top Box, Streaming

Lincoln County Telephone System selects Alcatel-Lucent's triple play service delivery architecture for customers in Lincoln County, Nevada and new town of Coyote Springs
Jun 25, 2008 – Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) has announced that Lincoln County Telephone System (LCTS) will deploy Alcatel-Lucent's Triple Play Service Delivery Architecture (TPSDA), the next- generation blueprint for triple play infrastructure.
News categories: Alcatel-Lucent, Lincoln County Telephone System, Broadband, Content Distribution, Fibre, IPTV, USA